Easyjet announced this morning that it will add three new destinations, one from each of Switzerland’s three main airports. The airline’s model, now used by many airlines, flies passengers directly to destinations rather than flying them into a hub airport first before flying them to their final stop, a model known as hub and spoke. Geneva’s new […]

Tribune de Genève. According to the newspaper, a resident of the French region of Haute-Savoie sought by the French authorities after the attacks in Paris, worked as a baggage handler at Geneva airport for six months. The self proclaimed preacher placed under house arrest in November, before being placed in detention for not regularly clocking in with the […]

Tribune de Genève. Based on interviews with Swiss authorities, the French language daily Tribune de Genève sets out four terrorist risk areas for Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) has had islamic terrorism on its radar for a number of years. In 2012 the danger associated with Al-Qaida was considered medium, behind PKK extremists. With the advent of […]

Today two notable organisations provide mountain rescue services in Switzerland. Prior to 1946 mountain air rescue did not exist. Air Glacier SA is based in Sion in Valais, and Swiss Air-Rescue Rega in Zurich. Rega has twelve operational bases around Switzerland but does not operate in Valais. In Valais, Rega uses the services of Air […]

20 Minutes. In summer many start thinking about beach holidays however none of the top three destinations preferred by Swiss travellers have beaches. Instead they are big global cities. New York took the top spot, followed by London with Paris in third position. For many Swiss, travelling to New York is a dream. The rankings […]

24 Heures. International trains have become the latest security concern after last week’s terrorist attack on a high speed Thaly’s train travelling between Amsterdam and Paris. Last Friday a man armed with a machine gun opened fire before being immobilised by some of the train’s passengers. Now that airports have been well secured, terrorists appear […]

20 Minuten. For quite some time Swiss has been promoting affordable airfares that compare favourably with airlines such as easyjet, which have lured customers away from established airlines by promising low cost air travel. Now according to an article in 20 Minuten, Swiss is increasing its airfares. Tickets issued for long haul flights from 6 […]

On 2 June 2015 the 365 day countdown to the official opening of the new Gotthard base rail tunnel started. The 57 kilometre long train tunnel is scheduled to open on 1 June 2016. It is the world’s longest train tunnel, longer than the Channel Tunnel and the Seikan Tunnel in Japan, which links the […]

Recent research shows how expensive airport taxis can be. Many people don’t include these costs in travel budgets and can often be in for a shock. Geneva is known to be an expensive destination, however the cost of a Geneva taxi compared to other cities is surprisingly high. Simon Phillips from No1 Currency, which conducted […]

Following the recent 15 percent drop of the Euro to the Swiss franc making neighbouring Eurozone countries cheaper than Switzerland, Swiss tourism is seeking ways of alleviating the extra costs while embracing more long-term and innovative approaches. The southern Alpine resort of Leukerbad is focusing on year-round quality and a diversity of activities to attract […]